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- RV LIVING / MOTORHOME MAINTENANCE / BEST FREIGHTLINER SERVICE CENTER IS IN GAFFNEY SC. This facility delivers what few others can. Fair, professional, honest, quick repairs and maintenance for your Freightliner Custom Chassis frame that is supporting and powering your motorhome. Come along with Sue & I, and see what it's like to "live a few days in their parking lot", while getting your motorhome maintenance done in this facility.
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In January 2020, Sue & I were honored to be interviewed by hosts Nicole & Jason of the Podcast "The Nomadic Traveler", a travel Podcast about getting out of your house, off of technology and out experiencing life. In this Part 1 of 2 Podcast episode, we discussed our most popular video "RV LIVING COSTS - ONE YEAR FULL TIME TRAVEL IN A CLASS A MOTORHOME - EP76" published August 2019.
Use the following link to listen to Part 1 of 2 of this audio podcast: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-nk4a2-ce0f15
We will be publishing our 6 month update to this August 2019 video, and expect it to be out in January 2020.
Thanks Jason & Nicole. We loved it! Especially with the added "suspense" of having to wait for Part 2 of 2 finishing up the discussion next week.
Working for freightliner and I like videos like this. Glad to see someone not cheaping out on maintenance.
Thanks 👍 Cobb. I took a look at your MCI Bus rebuilding/conversion you are doing. Fantastic!
From 1 engineer to another Mark, disregard the comments of spending too much for maint. In the end of use scenario it will come back to you, just give the new owner a look at these fine videos you are producing. The 8 % depreciation is reasonable but pie in the sky. Anything with wheels has a compounding rate. But in your case the salvage value will be stellar. You are a person who is in " preventative mode " as opposed to the other 95 % who are not. That is a good way to live and enjoy. And please continue doing so. Cheers.
I have scheduled all of the rear engine diesel radiator hoses to be changed this coming November at Gaffney Freightliner proactively! Of course, if they blow out and fail before November 2022,.....then it will end up being re-actively!
Mark, I really appreciate your transparency about RV maintenance costs, it's very important to consider before buying into a large class A Diesel pusher. Sue, you're an awesome videographer, I like your comments, you too are funny.
Our pleasure! Thanks for all the kind words. They mean a lot,......
New on this channel. Just bought my first RV two days ago. From California. Love watching your's videos.. Great learning experience. Hope both of you, wife and husband are doing fine during this bad times. Be safe... Thank you for all you're great work...🤔🤔🤔😁
Welcome aboard! Stick around,...we can learn together. Next week is going to be wet bay tips & tricks,.....
Thank you for creating this video. I just had my first visit to FCCC Gaffney for service, and really appreciate that your video gave me a great idea of what to expect. Things were exactly as you showed/described.
Thanks Wes! I actually looked at a blog a few years ago someone had written before I attended Freightliner Classes and had service done. Having my mind put at ease how the "overnight parking" situation would work was a HUGE relief for me. Glad to be of assistance now to you with what I know!
Maintenance cost. Repairs cost more. Great service at Freightliner. They support their product. That's what it's all about. Support and service. Thank you for my favorite RV channel.
Gaffney Freightliner is the only chassis place that makes you feel safe when you are in their care. Other dealers should send in spies and copy what they are doing! They would be able to keep 10 bays busy every day, all year long!
Great breakdown of chassis maintenance cost. I’m servicing my piggy bank after watching this video!
I am a little over kill all the time in the things I have done. Hope people factor that in.
You’re an Engineer, it’s understood,
Preventative maintenance is ALWAYS worth the cost. Love you guys. I'm sick this week so not really watching many of my channels today (sleeping a lot) but saw your video notification and had to see what the two of you were up to. Never disappointed. Now I'm back off to night night land. (I REALLY do not enjoy being sick. Sue will understand. It's a man thing. We become babies when we're not feeling at our best. HAHAHAHA) Safe travels you two.
What a compliment Michael! We are honored to have helped you get through with your FLU!
I love your channel I’m learning so much, my wife and I are getting to retire and hit the road the more info I have the better. Keep up the knowledge and I will keep learning. Hope to see you out there on the road.
Your welcome Greg. Have a repair video while at NIRVC coming up soon. (National Indoor RV Center.)
Another very informative and interesting video. Safe journey
Thanks Ian.
I'm boondocking in our rig (in a a Cracker Barrel parking lot in South Carolina) watching your channel and catching up on all your videos on our iMac. Tiffany is in Grand Rapids, MI on business and we will be meeting up in NC in a couple of days. We will then stay put for 3 weeks for Christmas and New Year's until we start making our way back down to FL for winter. Great tips about waiting with your rig to make sure everything gets taken care of while you are there and packing a lunch. Glad y'all got there safe. No night driving for me.
What da heck! Your making me look bad! I have been RVing for 2.5 years and Sue & I STILL haven't worked up the courage to stay in a Cracker Barrel,.......and your flying solo and ALONE on top of it! That settles it. We are quitting RV.
Been here five years in a row... great service, great staff and the price is much better than Savannah Freightliner.
All you have to do is go here once, and you will never go anywhere else.
Really enjoyed the video, I definitely agree with your proactive/preventative maintenance philosophy. A friend of mines gaser died out in the middle of nowhere and they had to deal with the local "talent" to get some major engine repairs done. Their coach broke down again 60 miles later.
I have a lot of respect for true professional craftsmens, no matter what they are building, fixing or working on. I want things done right. That means that I should not be doing most of it!
I am so glad i can still do basic maintenance myself. Just changed all the fluids and lubed the chassis in mine. Still need to change differential and fan gearbox oil. Want to change coolant hoses and flush it too and service aquahot
You are the man Timothy! Back in the day I would have been chomping at the bit to do all that myself. Physically, if I could do it (which I can't), being full time, with no home, I would have nowhere to do it. Chalk up another advantage to having a home base & shop to store & work on the rig!
I can go back over 2 years and watch you videos and still enjoy them. You seemed a lot more funny back then. LMAO just kidding
Thanks Jeff. We appreciate that. Seems like only a few months ago, in June of 2017 that we started full-time RV living. Time sure flies,......you really do have to chase after life or it will pass you by!
@@OurJourneyInMyles I need to get an option from you and Sue if you don't mind ? I have two options in getting a motorhome first thing I can pay all my bills down to the point where I will have almost everything paid off. So:
(1) Sale my house and get like a 2014 or 15 or 16 motorhome. Regardless I will get a tag axel 43' to 45' also has to have 1 1/2 bath with my wife a must.
(2) not sale my house and get a older motorhome. Around 2008 with same has to have tag axel, 45', 1 1/2 bathroom.
If I put like $20,000 fixing up my house. I could get $900.00 per month on rent. Have
good rental insurance so if the damage house insurance pays and goes after renter.
Ok I will have income around 5K per month. If I don't sale house $900.00 more per month. again motorhome paid for and no bills . Having already done this what would you do ? Please help ?
Here is the one thing I’ve learned long time ago A dollar spent in preventable main is worth at least 10 in emergencies maintaining 👍
That is my motto as well.
Pay it on the front end because the back end's a duzy.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Looking forward to seeing the tire install. Safe travels!
We have a lot of great footage. I am going to have my work cut out for me editing it.
Thanks a lot, you are so funny and your videos are quite helpful...
Glad you like them TMM!
Air Filter: bought our DP coach used and filter had never been changed due to low mileage (1 year before installation and as Mark correctly stated, they have a 2 yr service life for a max life of 3 years before the paper core can begin to deteriorate. Our filter was 6+ years old!!! Removed & replaced immediately and performed an autopsy on that old filter. Found the paper to be brittle and ready to be sucked into the turbo. Luckily, no missing paper 🙏. Change it every 2 years = cheap insurance.
I actually change it every year,.......just because. You never know if the one you had put in was a tad old. This year, I missed my window to get my yearly oil change in, and I am finally getting it done at NIRVC Dallas after 16 months! Video to follow!
Excellent video! Thank you very much for all the info. Doing homework on a Freightliner chassis (and a Spartan chassis too)....maintenance, facilities, etc. Safe Travels!
Glad it was helpful Steve!
Thanks, guys! It is great fun and quite instructive watching your videos. Will be joining you in a shorter Newmar diesel pusher this summer - you are helping us get ahead of the curve on a number of issues!
Welcome aboard! Glad to help Chris,......
Great video, Mark and Sue! Thank you for sharing your experience. Yes....I really like your maintenance strategy--- if there is any question, get it fixed ASAP......or, if you are at the main master Freightliner shop and there is anything that is going to be due in the next few months, just get it done now. A $500 premium paid now is FAR better than being stuck on the side of the road in the middle of the night out in nowhere USA. I used to have a diesel VW station wagon. I'd make the 900 mile trek to St Louis every 3-5 years to have the Guru of the USA do the major stuff. Safe travels.......and stay healthy! Really enjoying your videos!!
Thanks Alan. If you do your best to maintain the rig, when it DOES break down, at least you know you gave it the all-american try!
Great video and great tips/info ! Thanks for sharing. $2200 for all that was done was more than fair and I would smile/nod at that plus as an old maintenance guy I know you will save at least 5 fold that in things that now will not fail plus reliability/peace of mind is priceless! Myles is in good hands:) BTW at the time of this posting you are 67.***** yrs old LOL BNG
I know! I keep getting older,......that's a good thing. Pretty soon the only maintenance you will have is putting diesel fuel in!
Very informative, Thanks learning before I retire.
Glad it was helpful Yolanda! Stick around,......we have a lot more repair stuff in the works!
BTW, if you had a Samsung Smart TV/Monitor, you could watch movies on the big screen and even use it as a computer monitor with a wireless keyboard!
I would go check with a local BestBuy with the equipment you have and need! Setup may cost you for the service, but it should solve your problem!
We have found over the past two years, that we spend so much time creating and watching TH-cam videos that we rarely watch regular TV at all!
The comment you made was you had to watch Discovery Channel on your wife’s Laptop and my response was… you could watch your shows on the large screen if you had a Smart TV… it can act as a monitor just as your laptop!
You are watching TV if you watch Discovery!
A simple thanks, I will look into it, would be better… rather than making up a Straw Man argument to burn down! 🤪
U are heading towards what I believe to be one of the more popular recumbent areas in the country from what I read. North west & central Florida seem to be active. I will probably be making my own to keep pricing from going stratospheric . . .
If you have the time and abilities,......upsize the rear tire about three widths, add a rear hub motor, and (maybe) put the batteries on a rack above the front tire. On our LWB bikes, the front tire loading was already WAY TOO LOW. Even a small stone in the road would through us around. Good luck. Keep an eye on your CG and weight distribution!
I love the video
Thanks TAT!
Great PM video Mark & Sue!
Thanks! We have tire replacement AND motorhome repair episodes in the works.
Great advice. And your hilarious toooo!!😅🤣😂😇🙏
Glad you think so! Maybe my wife will keep me another year now,......
Great video people!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Kevin. Great to see the "thumbs up" finger emoji! We see them all!
Excellent video I enjoyed watching. I've seen enough videos about new gadgets that you can buy for your motorhome. Lol. Looking forward to the tire install. Thanks for sharing I'm subscribing keep up these kind of videos. stay safe on the road.
Thanks Sun,....more is on the way.
We have a Fire TV and a Fire cube to use with older TV. Lots of free programs with Amazon Prime. I have a Verizon Jetpack and a small digital antenna for local channels. So much easier than setting up Dish and having to call tech support.
We have a Dish Satellite System, but are too cheap to use it. Netflix is all we need!
You are right in what you do,I service my car every 6 months,and that’s a full service every year I change the cam belt and tensioner’s
Its cheaper to do that than having to buy an engine.i do not trust the rubber belts
We also carry NEW BELTS that have been "shrink wrapped sealed" inside the rig in a dresser drawer incase one snaps so we have it on the road for me or a repair guy to do!
Love your Channel
Thanks for the kind comment Bill!
Another Great Video, you always inspire me with how well you maintain your coach. I can't help but think how someone is going to get a great used RV when you and Sue decide to purchase your sailboat and start traveling the High Seas as your next adventure. We'll be watching :-)
I will let you help me sell it someday. After RVing,.....we are going to live on a few cruise ships for a year. There is a guy on TH-cam named Super Mario that has been doing it for 17 years. Wow!
We go to Gaffney every year:) nice people and great prices :)
They are the best! You would think others would step up and copy their style and success!!!!
I watched as Mr & Mrs Myles hooked up their Toad vehicle. I was told when hooking up a toad that you are supposed to "X" or cross your safety chains from toad to Motorcoach. They did not do that! Who is right?
I'm not quite sure where you watched that, but we ALWAYS cross the safety chains. As I understand it, ......it is required,....... just like supplemental braking system setups are required for your towed vehicle in 49 states! Glad your watching so close! Sue & I have the "connect and disconnect" routine down to a science by now after about 90 times in 2.5 years!
Our RV is on a Spartan chassis so we can't go there but our home base isn't that far from Spartan headquarters and service center. I budget $2000 for yearly maintenance and haven't needed that much. Transmission fluid should be changed every 5 years but I will change them if over 50K miles. I change some of my own filters.
I have been an overachiever when it comes oil & filter changes my entire life! It's a tough habit to break!
Thats not bad! I'm the same driving at night I don't like anymore!
Hey Robert! I have to agree with you. I spent this much when I first started out at an Oasis Freightliner garage in Oak Creek Wisconsin. They forgot to refill my antifreeze when they flushed the small radiator on my Onan house generator and broke the transmission oil pan plug, which they "forgot" to tell me. I found this out 9 months later. The next one I visited in Sheboygan WI hooked my slide out topper arm on their electric garage door power cord,.....and ripper it out of their control box,......and wouldn't you know it,.....they "forgot" to tell me that too! I like places that aren't forgetful.
Thanks for this informative video and for sharing the costs so thoroughly. That is invaluable to newbies like us. I agree with your "overkill" attitude ... anything that makes us safer is worth it. Just sorry that Carolina is so far from Arizona (where we are). Cheers!
If you find a Freightliner Service Shop that takes good care of RVers in Arizona,.....make CERTAIN to report in to all of us! 33% of the snowbirds are there now!
As always a great video!!!
Thanks Rayetta,......
Excellent...
Thanks John,...just wanted to show folks how awesome Gaffney Freightliner is.
Can you tell me how you came up with 8% a year for deprecation? I injoy all of your videos, they are down to earth and easy to understand. Safe travels.
I knew I had to settle on something for my own piece of mind,......to get ready for the hit. I researched many vlogs, blogs and facebook groups. I understand that high end, high quality units will depreciate LESS than lesser quality units. I could find numbers all over the mao, some with fairly good historical data and/or explanations. I felt comfortable that the 8% figure was a good number after my research, and that it did not sugar coat reality. I do not have saved, support data for this. Feel free to change the figure on my spreadsheets!
Good information I'm taking my used camper in for services in December .its not a nice one like yours.
Good choice! No place is perfect,..........but this place sure tries! I will never go anywhere else if I am "close" to this place. Of course right now I am in CA. so I would have to use someone else.
Wow, I appreciate you wanting every thing perfect but You have only put 5000 miles, why change all fluids and belts. Fluids last much more and if your belts had a problem at 5k there is another issue that needs to be looked at for the route cause or you are an easy sell . My guess is you want everything perfect but leave yourselves vulnerable to salesmen who make their living with sales. Best wishes and enjoy your journey. Fun to watch
Most motorhome maintenance is time based per Freightliner schedules. Miles mean almost nothing in the RV world because the vehicles are sitting around so much. I worked 9 years at a large auto repair center so I am aware of up sell. You all will have to make your own decisions on how proactive you want to be on your rig & equipment. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Thanks for stopping by.
My wife is from Gaffney, born in York county I believe thats where the big peach is on the side of the interstate
You are good! Gaffney SC it is!
I’m a new subscriber to your channel and fairly new to the RV world. My question is when should I purchase new tires. I have a class A 2014 Winnebago 42E Journey. Right now we’re only traveling for about a month or so during the summer and maybe a couple short trips during the winter and outside of that it stays stored under cover. Thank you
No one has a crystal ball, so we all try to error on the side of safety. Your tires will have a production date code on them. (Look at our episode "MICHELIN MOTORHOME TIRES | TYRON BANDS | NIRVC RETTROBAND RV TIRE SAFETY DEVICE | CENTRAMATIC EP99") Most likely they were made in mid 2013. Your coach will soon be mid 2021. That's 8 years. I believe most folks would replace them. I would have had them gone a year ago. If money is really tight,.......AT LEAST DO THE FRONTS. Remember, besides the safety with regards to life and limb, blowouts cause a TON of vehicle damage to the bodywork! Good luck with your dilemma! Thanks for watching. Check out the RVGeeks TH-cam channel and website with regards to their tire changing recommendations. They have 3 videos. This one is the newest: th-cam.com/video/gy2UEJnBSyE/w-d-xo.html
Boy dude u almost look like my late brother which past away in 2013. WOW😔
Sorry to hear about your brother Rj. I apparently am an exact copy of a college professor in Madison Wisconsin as well. Unfortunately, it was not in a "glamorous major",......he was in the agriculture department and was researching carrots!
Just a quick question since you're running a Cummins engine why are you not using Valvoline blue? You can add another 20,000 miles on your warranty just by running Valvoline blue in a Cummings Engine
We just use what the factory puts in. They never offered anything as an option to us.
I purchased a 2000 Holiday Rambler Vacationer with 32,000 original miles. I live in New Jersey and there isn't much in the way of MH repair places here. Josephine (named after my Mom) is a gasser and I have no idea where the nearest place like the Freight liner place that you use would be closest to me. She is on a Ford chassis. What would you suggest for me to search for in Google to find someplace like you found? I have no idea when the latest maintenance was preformed on her. I am learning so much from your videos. Thanks so much for sharing them. I would be hitting the rode full time until June 2020 and want to make sure Josephine is in perfect condition before we head out.
Your best bet is to get a FREE account name set up on the website irv2.com so you can go to the Holiday Rambler group and post those exact questions on it. Of course you should first SEARCH the irv2 site with those question "key words", because most likely that discussion and answer thread may already exist! Also check for a Holiday Rambler Facebook group,.......I would expect a large one already exists. Groups like this already have all the answers to questions like this. Good luck!
@@OurJourneyInMyles Thank you SO much for answering so quickly! I am learning so much from watching your videos! Thanks for sharing so much information to us!!
@16:56 looks like Paul Senior from Orange county choppers sitting on the couch.
Wow! You are really watching! Never saw Orange County Chops,........but I do know we meet a lot of interesting folks!
I hope you took advantage of the FMCA tire discount program.
Yes,.......saved about $70 per tire if my memory is correct.
@@OurJourneyInMyles You might mention that in your video.
@@WILDEBILL308 Yes,.....we most certainly will! This is the third time I used this discount.
You guys sure make it interesting and fun to watch. What’s a retro and?
National Indoor RV Center has the exclusive rights to sell & install the front tire "run flat safety device" which is called rettroband. They are made for RV Tires 275R80 x 22.5 on up. It is a tire blowout safety device. We will have a video on it in a few weeks. Stay with us!
if you take care of your rig it will take care of you
I need to buy a plaque like that.
its your homeif it was sticks and bricks you still need to keep it in shape
With my home, I was able to do most things myself. With the rig,....not so much.
@@OurJourneyInMyles i understand we all have our skill sets the trick is knowing what we cant do
What RV has the lowest maintenance; Fifty wheel, travel trailer, class B Ect ?
I am totally guessing because I have never really studied it,.......but,.........I have to think the best bang for the RV buck for most folks is a fifth wheel & a properly sized truck.
I see a weigh station sing on this vid, and i wonder, do you have to stop at weigh stations and get weighed by DOT?
NO RV's have to stop to get weighed in any states. You should get the individual tire loading weight on your rig immediately so you know what to inflate your tires to. The Heavy Duty trucks that look like semi's pulling 5th wheels need to have the proper signs on them that say, "Private Coach-Not For Hire" on them, and must not pull any other trailers or cargo unless they replate the vehicle and get the proper DOT paperwork & certification.
Good vid ya'll, what is retrobanding?
National Indoor RV Center has the exclusive rights to sell & install the front tire "run flat safety device" which is called rettroband. It is a tire blowout safety device. We will have a video on it in a few weeks. Stay with us!
Where did you get the 8% depreciation figure in your spreadsheet ?
If you research the blogs quickly on the internet, you can find any number you want to believe. But if you research them slowly, ......by brand, .....by RV model and year......, and take into account the caliper & quality of the information source, you will start to see recurring themes and percentages. Sorry,..have no hard source for you. The 8% is the GUESS that I have decided to believe for our particular situation, the 2014 Newmar Dutch Star model 4369. Hoping that in the end, it doesn't end up larger!
@@OurJourneyInMyles Thanks. The reason I ask is that you are the first person I've seen put an actual number on it. Lots of people pretend they don't depreciate until they find out otherwise when they sell one.
Hey gaffney is not far from me!
You are lucky!
By the way... I was the first one to like and comment on this video. Did I win something?
You win a smile from us as we're eating our toast.... and a big Thank You, Hector!!
@@OurJourneyInMyles I'll take smiles any day. Thanks for the video, I really like this place and when I leave.. I am confident that the coach is in great condition for many miles to come.
and my property taxes where $7500.
Hey gman,.........wait to you see the next two videos coming on tires and RV repairs. Gulp!
Why not just mirror your laptop to your TV
The TH-camr Technomadia warned against doing that for some apps. The data stream will be registered as double usage. We are OK with just using our Roku on the rig TV's or playing the Roku on my iMac Desktop.
@@OurJourneyInMyles really?
Never heard of that. I'd do the same my friend
Smart tv are scams, get an Apple TV device, it’s amazing and uses apps like your iphones
Our Roku is so old the software isn't supported anymore. I am going to look into Apple TV. Our smart TV's are really old.
Our Journey In Myles , you can get the 1080p version instead of the 4K version. You will like the fact that all your Apple devices including Mac can airplay to your TV. Smart tv are irrelevant anymore with devices such as Apple TV. It’s my main interface now even for regular tv, I have an isp tv service with the app, if you have unlimited internet and a good connection, no need for antenna.
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